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COMBINATIUN CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2| 19N.

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GUSTAV FREDERICKSON, 0F SPRINGDALE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF FIFTY-ONEONE-HUNDREDTHS TO ALLEN MEISENHEIMER, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

COMBINATION-CABINET.

Application led March 2, 1914.

T 0 all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUs'rAv FREDERICK- soN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Springdale, in the county of Stevens and `State ofWashington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combination-Cabinets, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to combination cabinets and it provides a structureof this character which is particularly adapted for use in hotels,restaurants, club houses, private residences, etc.

The particular construct-ion to be described herein and comprising myinvention embodies a combination cabinet particularly suited for use inhotels. It provides a simple and efficient means of serving the guestswithout disturbing them by entering the rooms which they occupy 'tofetch and carry articles of necessity to and from.

In the drawings annexed hereto and forming a part of thisspecicationz-Figure l villustrates in vertical section a combinationcabinet constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 illustrates inside elevation the cabinet shown in Fig. '1, as viewed from the interiorof the guests room. Fig. 3 is a tag which may be used in connection withthe cabinet.

Referring to the drawings, the side wall 1 of the room'contains anaperture 2, the letter X representing the room side of the wall and ,Ythe corridor side of the wall. Mounted on the wall at the bottom of theaperture 2 is a sill member 3 extending horizontally outward into theroom but lying Hush with the corridor side of the wall. At the top ofthe aperture a ledge 4 is secured to the wall and extends horizontallyoutward into the room parallel with the sill member 3. The ledge carriesthe jam member 5 on the under side thereof. and the side members 6-6 aresecured to the sill 3 and ledge 4 serving in combination with the sidesof the aperture to form a cabinet opening. Hinged to the sill 3, on theroom side of the wall, is a door 7 adapted to drop down into thehorizontal position shown by dotted lines serving as a desk, andsupported in this position by the chain 8. In the closed position thedoor is secured to the jam 5 bv means of the catch 9. On the corridorside of the wall asimilar door 10 is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Serial No. 821,999.

hinged to the facing member 11 and adapted to drop down in the samemanner as the door 7, being secured in the closed position by the lock12.

Within the cabinet are mounted at the bottom thereof, drawers 13 for thepurpose of holding stationery and writ-ing materials. Also within thecabinet is mounted one or more shelves 14 adapted to hold bottles,boots, hats and other commodities such as guests may wish to send out oftheir rooms or have brought to their rooms. It will be noted that thetop of the cabinet within the room forms a convenient shelf forthetelephone.

In use the occupant of the room places whatsoever he wishes to haveremoved from his room within the cabinet and calls the bell boy or othermessenger on the telephone to remove the article therefrom. It is notnecessary for the bell boy or messenger to enter the room, it only beingnecessary for him to open the corridor side of the cabinet` and removethe article therefrom. Thus it will be seen that the combination cabinetconstructed according to my invention eliminates the inconvenienceattendant upon having bell boys and messengers entering the guestsrooms.

In combination with my cabinet a checking devi'ce may be used such as isshown at 15, whereby a record may be kept of the services performed. Thecheck 15 is preferably divided into three portions, namely, a centralportion 20 and two, end portions 28, said portions being adapted to betorn, one from the other, and suitably inscribed, so that a systematicrecord of the checking may be kept.

It is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the exactconstruction described and claimed herein, but resort to suchmodifications as fall within the scope of my claim.

` Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:-

In a service or like cabinet, a. wall dividing an area to form a roomside and a hall side and provided with an opening, a cabinet mounted insaid opening and being open to the hall and room sides. a door forclosingr the hall side of the cabinet, a drawer casing having one ormore drawers therein with the casing disposed in said cabinet in amanner to cause the drawers to open toward the room side of the cabinet,the drawers being relatively close to the edge of the room side portionof the cabinet when closed, and a door for closing the room side of thecabinet and extending closely abreast of the drawers when the latter andthe last named door are closed thereby preventing the drawers fromvbeing opened from the hall side of the cabinet, substantially as de- 10scribed.

In testimony whereof I allx my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GUSTAV FREDERICKSON` Witnesses B. H. TAYLOR, ROY WAGNER.

